Corona Devotionals

And I saw another angel flying through the sky, carrying the eternal Good News to proclaim to the people who belong to this world—to every nation, tribe, language, and people.  ( 7)  “Fear God,” he shouted. “Give glory to him. For the time has come when he will sit as judge. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and all the springs of water.”   ~Revelation 14:6-7  Are we flying through (life)... carrying the eternal Good News to proclaim to the people who belong to this world ? If they " belong to this world ", then they don't (yet) belong to God...and that's why we are called to  carry the eternal Good News to them. They must hear it from someone, Y'all!   Why wouldn't/shouldn't/couldn't it be US today?   I love the (mind's eye) image that the verses concerning this  angel create for us: Can't we just see  the angel  flying through the sky, carrying the eternal Good News to proclaim to the people who belong to...

What's your sign? Has anyone ever asked us that? Possibly in the darkness of a bar, or in the cluster of a crowd: "What's your sign?" They might be asking about our Zodiac sign, as in: Pisces or Taurus or Saggitarius? But most likely they could care less about "our sign", and the phrase is a mere pick-up line to begin conversation that leads to other things: good or bad. The Lord asks us through His Word today: " What's your sign? " The Book of Revelation, Chapters 13 and 14 foretell of a time-to-come and of "signs"/ names/numbers that people will wear, and it will lead to their outcome and their eternity: good or bad. What's our faith sign? What is our faithfulness sign? And we do/ will have a choice. Will we choose comfort, ease, blasphemy, and immediate preservation of our life...and (in doing so), denounce the One True God and our holy Savior? Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a l...

Aaaahhhhh, can you feel it? It’s almost hard to recognize, because it can become so unfamiliar to us, but we know it when we experience it, and aaahhh, it’s wonderful. What is the “aaaahhh” that our soul aches for?    Peace . Yes, we desire peace ...and God desires to give it to us: “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”  ~ John 16:33  Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.  ~John  14:27 Yes, we want peace, and yet…We hurry.   We bustle.   We plan, and we do, and we plan some more, and we do some more.   Until we are taxed and we are anything but peaceful. We want peace, but the pattern of our lives proves (over and over daily) that we (literally) avoid peace.   But…today could be different.   Today could...

Our (faith-filled) nature can at times make us feel bad  about being treated badly.   We sometimes don't want to ask too much from God, even if that means asking for kind (fair!) treatment of ourselves from others. A friend loves at all times (Proverbs 17:17)  but what about when our enemies, or those that are against God...are against us? What can our prayer be when we are up against violence ?   What is appropriate for us to say to God when people  plot evil in their hearts and stir up trouble all day long ? Do we just grin-and-bear-it when  their tongues sting like a snake and   the venom of a viper drips from their lips ?   We are called to be kind, and God's Law is to love, but should patience have an expiration date when  the proud have set a trap to catch me ?  And when the wicked  have stretched out a net , and when   they have placed traps all along the way ? Really...what level of honesty is acceptable to ...